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In reply to the discussion: Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family [View all]roamer65
(36,745 posts)31. The largest and most effective birth control device is INFLATION.
Prices need to increase substantially for the sake of the planet as a whole.
That is why Chinas birth rate is falling so quickly. The more expensive it becomes to have children, the less people will have or not even at all.
This is one of the reasons I fully support unlimited quantitative easing.
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Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family [View all]
BumRushDaShow
May 2021
OP
Well, I guess I haven't been paying attention, I thought families were still limited to just one
Rhiannon12866
May 2021
#1
I read somewhere that China will pass the US as the #1 economy for most of the century.
Renew Deal
May 2021
#3
I agree. And why I always say a world economy based on perpetual growth means we'll never
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2021
#23
Thank you. I have first hand experience living there, married to a Chinese national
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#26
I've read that the young couples with 2 incomes in the more urban cities dont want children
onetexan
May 2021
#18
While the Chinese government are idiots, the people tend to me more pragmatic (if they haven't
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#19
In reality, almost now families will have even two children, let alone three.
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2021
#29